I have been a vegetarian for about two months now, and my mother still has not accepted this. Literally every day, she says something like "You are killing yourself! You know that right?" or "God, you are messing up your body! How am I ever going to send you to college like this? You won't survive!". She has also told me that I am going to die early.
At first she even forced me to eat meat. Some of you may say there is no way she could but trust me, she can... (she did stop this though...)
I have never done anything to provoke this. I do not argue with her.
I want to be a vegan, but she refuses to let me buy soy milk or make my own nut milk. Apparantly "I need my animal protein". According to her and her 'articles' (which she has never shown proof of), there are certain nutrients my body can only use from animal sources. I have calmly tried to show her otherwise, but she won't listen.
I usually listen to her politely or leave the room, but how do you deal with unsupportive parents?
2007-07-29
10:25:28
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